Does Translanguaging Slow Down English Development?
Rethinking English exposure, multilingual learning, and what success should look like Questions about translanguaging and English development often begin with a simple concern: if students…
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Translanguaging Strategies for the Classroom: Using Students’ Full Linguistic Repertoires Purposefully
Translanguaging Strategies for the Classroom: Using Students’ Full Linguistic Repertoires Purposefully If you search for translanguaging strategies, you’ll find plenty of suggestions: Let students discuss…
How to Use Translanguaging When You Don’t Speak Your Students’ Languages
One of the most common reactions I hear when I talk about translanguaging is: “That sounds great, but I don’t speak my students’ languages.” Fair.…
How Can a School Become More Language-Inclusive?
Walk into almost any international school and you’ll probably see multilingualism everywhere. Students speaking different languages on the playground. Families communicating across languages at pickup. Teachers…